Jobs and Kids: Female Employment and Fertility in China
Fang, Hai; Eggleston, Karen N.; Rizzo, John A.; & Zeckhauser, Richard J. (2013). Jobs and Kids: Female Employment and Fertility in China. IZA Journal of Labor and Development, 2, 12.
Fang, Hai; Eggleston, Karen N.; Rizzo, John A.; & Zeckhauser, Richard J. (2013). Jobs and Kids: Female Employment and Fertility in China. IZA Journal of Labor and Development, 2, 12.
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Data on 2,355 married women from the 2006 China Health and Nutrition Survey are used to study how female employment affects fertility in China. China has deep concerns with both population size and female employment, so the relationship between the two should be better understood. Causality flows in both directions; hence, we use a plausible instrumental variable to isolate the effect of employment on fertility. Female employment reduces a married woman’s preferred number of children by 0.35 on average and her actual number by 0.50. Ramifications for China’s one-child policy are discussed.
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Fang, Hai
Eggleston, Karen N.
Rizzo, John A.
Zeckhauser, Richard J.
2013
IZA Journal of Labor and Development
2
12
2056